Hurricane Isaac Spurs Design of Storm Surge Warnings
When they strike land, hurricanes bring a slew of threats ashore, from strong winds to flooding rains. The deadliest weapon in a hurricane’s arsenal is its storm surge, the wall of ocean water that the storm’s winds and very low air pressure push ashore.
Climate Crisis: Why Business Must Do More To Protect Children’s Rights
The effects of climate change have a disproportionate impact on children and place, an ecological debt on future generations. This has global relevance for all businesses, since all business activities impact directly or indirectly on the world that our children will inherit…
California Coastal Clean Up Day, 2012, Artwork
Every piece of trash you remove reveals something beautiful… Be part of the solution to marine pollution!
International Coastal Clean Up, 2012
Join thousands of your friends and neighbors today, for the 2012 International Coastal Clean Up. Local actions, global changes!
Neil Armstrong, 1st To Walk On Moon, Buried At Sea
The first man to walk on the moon has been buried at sea…
Japan Plans To End Reliance On Nuclear Power Within 30 Years
Japan has announced plans to end its reliance on nuclear power within 30 years, in a historic policy shift prompted by the triple meltdown at the Fukushima power plant.
Destroying Paradise To Make Concrete Blocks: Sand Mining In Sierra Leone
A new threat has emerged that risks destroying Sierra Leone’s eco-tourism untapped opportunities for sustainable development: Sand Mining. The free-sand-for-all bonanza just exploded. Without permits, hundreds of trucks attack the beaches on a daily basis, hiring local boys as daily laborers to destroy their own communities…
San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban Gets Go-Ahead From Judge
Superior Court Judge Teri Jackson upheld a San Francisco ordinance that would ban most retail locations in the city from distributing plastic bags and begin charging customers a dime for each paper bag (or comparatively more expensive compostable plastic bag) they use.
Epic Hermit Crab Migration Captured On Camera
It’s something you have to see to believe. A beach on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands is overtaken by a millions of hermit crabs during the crustacean’s mass migration, turning the sandy shore into a sea of clattering shells and legs.